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Call for Nominations: ELLIS Fellows & Scholars 2025

Call for nominations to recognise outstanding AI researchers driving Europe’s future in machine learning and intelligent systems.

ELIAS Reveals the Winners of Its First Open Call: Pioneering AI Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Press Release – ELIAS announces the winners of its first Open Call, funding four innovative AI projects tackling key sustainability challenges across Europe. These projects will receive support to develop solutions for a greener, fairer future.

ELIAS Strengthens Interdisciplinary AI Research Through ELLIS PhD Program

The European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability (ELIAS) is shaping the next generation of AI researchers—through the ELLIS PhD Program—by uniting cutting-edge technical training with ethical responsibility and a focus on sustainable impact.

AI Launchpad Batch #2

Call for Applications #2 for the AI Launchpad. is open!

Applications are due by August 1st, 2025 at 23:59 CET!

Exploring the Future of Sustainability and AI

Key Insights from the 1st Theme Development Workshop in Bucharest

AI Ethics and Education for a Democratic Future @ ACTION SUMMIT

As a significant side event at the AI Action Summit 2025, ELIAS played an important role in supporting the Workshop on AI Ethics and Education for Democracy. Held on February 6, 2025, at CNRS Site Pouchet in Paris, this interdisciplinary gathering united global...

ELIAS 1st Open Call

Join ELIAS for a 6-month project funded by the European Union and receive: ♦ Up to € 60.000 (lump sum) to develop AI/Machine Learning applications for Sustainability ♦ Visibility through ELIAS online channels and events, and dissemination in the ELIAScommunity. ♦ The...

Research Highlight: The Impact of Beauty Filters on Perceptions and Cognitive Biases

A compelling study on the attractiveness halo effect in the digital realm, conducted by researchers from the ELLIS Alicante Foundation and Fondazione Bruno Kessler, and partially funded by the ELIAS project, has been published in the Royal Society Open Science. This...

IDEAHACK 2024: Bridging Academia, Business, and Investors at Poland’s First Sciencepreneurship Hackathon

Warsaw, Poland – November 17, 2024IDEAHACK 2024, held on November 16-17 at the IDEAS NCBR headquarters in Warsaw, marked a significant milestone as Poland’s inaugural sciencepreneurship hackathon. Organised as part of the European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability...

ELIAS Nodes have been presented to the public during the Falling Walls Event in Berlin, Germany

Press Release: ELIAS Alliance Launch ELIAS Nodes have been presented to the public during the Falling Walls Event in Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany - November 8, 2024 Inspiring a new generation of AI&Science value creators The ELIAS Alliance for European...